I also often do the sunrise to 9am thing. If you're coming in Autumn, that
doesn't give you much time - sunrise on March 1 in Melbourne is 7.05am and of
course it just gets worse as winter approaches, although you gain an hour when
daylight saving finishes (end of March?). I assume therefore that you won't
want to be wasting much time travelling to sites, so we'd need to know where
you'd be staying in order to recommend close spots. Can I assume that a close
birding location with reasonable birding beats a distant but excellent location?
Peter Shute
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Sent: Saturday, 10 January 2009 1:57 AM
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Subject: visit to Australia and New Zealand.
My wife and I are visiting this spring (your fall). We will be in Tasmania
(4days), Melbourne (4days), Sydney (5days) and Cairns/Port Douglas (7days). I
am not a birding fanatic but like to see as many species as possible in each
place we visit on our trips. Our itinerary does not allow for a full day of
birding in each location; my wife sleeps in until about 9:00am so most of my
birding is on the fly from sunrise until 8:30 or 9:00.
I'm looking for some local "hot spots" (parks, lakes, marshes, etc) that I can
hit for a few hours in the mornings, either alone or with some one who knows
the ropes.
We are also spending 3 weeks in New Zealand, driving from the south end of the
South Island to north end of the North Island. We have a little more time to
explore but my birding would basically be the same as above. If anyone has
contacts or site information for New Zealand, please advise.
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